Entries for October 2020
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27 Oct 2020
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/27 13:22 Cattle Contracts Trading Fully Higher It's been a prosperous morning for most of the livestock market as cattle contracts are trading fully higher and though support has been shaky for the lean hog market, it looks as though support is gaining as the afternoon approaches. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analys...
27 Oct 2020
DTN Midday Grain Comments 10/27 11:15 Grains Mixed at Midday Corn is narrowly mixed, soybeans are 2 to 4 cents lower, and wheat is 2 cents lower to 4 cents higher. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst The U.S. stock market is mixed with the Dow down 90. The dollar index is 20 points lower. Interest rate products are higher. Energies are firmer w...
27 Oct 2020
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (DTN) -- Just as the Wright Flyer didn't look much like the first successful commercial airliners and bears little resemblance to modern aircraft, the future of aerial autonomous drone spraying could look a lot different than what cutting-edge companies first release to prove a concept. Pyka, a California-based tech startup...
27 Oct 2020
It's been a crazy year for cash corn and even cash soybeans, a buyer told me. It's crazy that prices during harvest remained strong with little harvest pressure on corn or soybean cash prices. On Aug. 3, the DTN National Soybean Index was $8.45, and the DTN National Corn Index was $2.95. Fast forward to Friday, Oct. 23, and those prices were $10.31...
27 Oct 2020
On the eve of national elections, a majority of rural adults approved of President Donald Trump's job performance. Farmers have been willing to give him space on trade. But there are issues floating around out there that either Trump or his successor ignore at their peril. A DTN/Progressive Farmer Zogby Analytics Election poll found that 53% of adu...